New York S 5541: Includes broadband access in the scoring and ranking criteria of the New York State low-income housing tax credit program

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S05541 Summary:

BILL NOS05541 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01779

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSRRYAN C

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §25, Pub Hous L

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Includes broadband access in the scoring and ranking criteria of the New York State low-income housing tax credit program.

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02/24/2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5541

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and
 Community Development

 AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to broadband access
 in the New York state low-income housing tax credit program

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 25 of the public housing law, as
 2 added by section 1 of part CC of chapter 63 of the laws of 2000, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 1. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary
 5 to administer the provisions of this act. To the extent that such rules
 6 and regulations establish project scoring and ranking criteria, such
 7 scoring and ranking criteria shall include the commitment to use end-to-
 8 end fiber-optic architecture for the delivery of broadband service as a
 9 preference in the evaluation of project applications.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04721-01-5

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